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Thread | Will I go to a game this season?
by saint901 at 12:50 17 Jul 2025
I have been a ST holder at The Dell and SMS but gave them up for good about four seasons ago.
Aside from being disillusioned about football in general - the PL in particular - and the constant money grabbing tactics of the authorities and the club, I was thoroughly fed up with either walking from the station to the ground (and back) and fighting my way onto a train with a lot of away fans or sitting in a traffic jam on the Avenue for 45 minutes.
I became a member instead when the game times started being messed around for TV and the club was perfectly happy to please the TV people and ignore the fans.
Last season was a bad one. No plan, a stubborn manager, inadequate playing squad, but the above issues continuing.
I attended my first game in 1962. I like to think that I've been a loyal fan. I do however feel somewhat betrayed by the club in recent years as fans and their wishes are relegated to the lowest priority.
My present position is that unless I can see signs of there actually being a plan from the ownership and management that is reflected in the playing squad, then I'm not going to acquire a ticket for a 3pm Saturday match which may be changed to 8pm Monday without much notice.
I feel that I've made a contribution to the club over the years and now I need to see some effort from them before I pay them more money. |
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Thread | New kits
by SonicBoom at 12:39 17 Jul 2025
Am I the only one that doesn't really care about new kits? Social media is full of fans posting pics of themselves wearing the new yellow and blue away shirt, which looks very much like previous ones.
I find it odd for grown men to get excited about this sort of thing. |
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Thread | Best album?
by saint901 at 12:00 17 Jul 2025
1. You own (even if it's in the loft)
2. Of the 1970's, 1980's etc
3. You have in more than one format, i.e. vinyl, tape, CD, downloaded, vinyl on re-release |
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Thread | Song for Northampton game
by PatfromPoole at 11:42 17 Jul 2025
I see we have a new yellow and blue kit.
Might be worth this old classic getting an airing at Northampton, what with it being a Cup game and all that:-
The bells are ringing
For the yellow and blues
The crowds are singing
For the yellow and blues
Everybody is knowing
It’s off to Wembley we’re going
But there’s no way of knowing
What we’re going to go through
No relegation
For the yellow and blues
Just celebration
For the yellow and blues
And someday
We’re gonna win another Cup or two
Or three or four
Or more
SOUTHAMPTON!!!!!
We’re the yellow and blues!!!!!!
(Repeat until fade)
I imagine Frannies Tache may be slightly more accepting of this one...
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Thread | Promotion Odds
by SaintNick at 11:17 16 Jul 2025
Saints still second favourites behind Ipswich in all the promotion betting, to win it outright, to go be in the top 2, to be in the top 3 and to be promoted either way.
Wrexham are around 9/10th in all the categories.
I wonder how much this will all change in the next month or so as Wrexham buy players and the likes of Saints and Ipswich lose some |
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Thread | Brighton Tickets
by SaintNick at 10:22 16 Jul 2025
From the ticket site it looks like only a couple of thousand tickets sold , so looks like they have got the pricing wrong on this one |
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Thread | SFC Ticketing Site
by Buggalugs at 09:42 16 Jul 2025
Changed it again and even w@nker that before. Had a right hassle getting Northampton tickets just now....kept erroring. Also charging a quid for delivery now on top of the £1.50 booking fee. Cvnts. |
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Thread | Northampton tickets
by PatfromPoole at 13:34 15 Jul 2025
Weirdly, I saw the details briefly on the club's ticket website about half an hour ago. And then they took them down......
Anyway, it looks like tickets go on sale at 9.30am tomorrow morning.
11 aways is the first threshold.
Allocation is 1,535.
Pleased to be of service. |
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Thread | Shin pads
by SonicBoom at 09:37 15 Jul 2025
Seeing Dibling at eastleigh made me think. How does the club allow him to play with no pads? Hes potentially a 30 million pound asset yet hes allowed to risk serious injury.
Joey Barton said today that he would target him as he'd be easy to put out of the game.
Barton is a thug but I expect other players will think the same.
If I were the club I'd insist he protects himself. Players aren't allowed to ride motorbikes etc but hes risking a serious injury every time he steps on the pitch.
Seems very odd to let him do it. |
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Thread | England Cricket
by SaintNick at 17:08 14 Jul 2025
Well that was a surprise bowled India out with 22 runs to spare |
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Thread | Transfer Snippets
by SaintNick at 14:46 14 Jul 2025
Seems that we may not have seen the last of Stuart Armstrong, he is being chased by Sheffield Wednesday who want him back |
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Thread | Would you support a wealth tax?
by saint901 at 12:07 14 Jul 2025
The right wing press is working itself up into a lather about the prospect of a wealth tax being introduced.
For example, one suggestion is an annual 2% tax on all "wealth" over £10m.
I suspect that number is chosen because anybody with a decent house in London may be well on the way to that figure and as such it gets the readers excited and engaged - clickbait.
There are then various estimates of how much a wealth tax would raise with anything from £2bn a year to more than £20bn. The numbers are all over the place and tainted with political bias to make any objective sense.
Most European countries have tried a wealth tax in the past and so far as I can see all but two of them have retreated from such a charge. The exceptions are Switzerland and Norway, with the latter coming under pressure to remove the charge on the grounds of cost vs income.
Switzerland makes it work but also has a range of incentives such as being able to pay a flat rate if you are in certain bands of wealth. It also allows some wealth to be excluded, such as private houses used as homes. Switzerland tax reporting is also done quarterly if your income/wealth is over certain limits, via the internet, processed quickly and appeals are only allowed in limited situations and are expensive.
France, Germany and Italy have all had wealth taxes in the past, now dropped as it "encouraged avoidance" and also led to an exodus of wealth from the country.
Good ides - bad politics or good politics - bad idea? |
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Thread | More light hearted music stuff
by saint901 at 11:45 14 Jul 2025
Following on from first record etc.
1. What was the last song/music you deliberately listened to (not just played on the radio, etc by chance)?
2. Have you ever turned the radio/smart speaker off or changed channel if a particular song came on?
3. What song means most to you at an emotional level?
4. If I'm having a good day, I'll play .....
5. If I'm having a bad day, I'll play ....
6. Does all music sound better when alcohol has been consumed? |
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Thread | Chelsea psg
by mushinexile at 22:16 13 Jul 2025
Neves sent off for pulling Jacques Cousteauccinella's hair. I hope it really hurt. |
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Thread | Tyler Dibling Situation Not Good
by UTS1885 at 14:27 13 Jul 2025
As it stands i understand he is willing to see out his contract that runs to the end of this coming season. There seems to have been a bust up last season with extending this contract. We might need to sell in coming weeks for just £25m upfront with add ons up to £35M |
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